The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-22
DR. 4 O. HAYGn0D.

The general agent Of the Slater Fund
for the Education Of Freedmen, has placed
tho south under a weight of obligation
for n very close view Of the moral, indus
trial and educational condition Of tho mo-
grocs Of the south, such rs, perhaps, could
not bc had through any other agency.
At the close of his very valuable
report for this year he gives 236 answers
to questions psopounded TO 800 persons
10y circular. Tho first two questions have
relation 10 the educational advancement
Of the raoc. in answer to, the first qucs-
ton. "Do colord parents manifest inter
est In the education Of their children" go
answered yea, ono-Gith Of them say
more than the poor whites" To the
second, "Ao tho common schools at
tended 10y colorcd children improving In
their character" 1913 answered "ycs,"
and Dr. IIaygood says ''ln every
case where comment IN added
to the Affirmative answer, the i'm.
proyemcnt In attributed to the better
teachers furnished by the colleges and
other training schools Tor colorcd people"
This Is ~ lar very gratifying. The third
and fourth questions treat Of the industrial
problem. Third, "what arc the average
wages OF common labopH among the col
or.d pcoplc7' The answers vary
graily, the average state The wages 10 be.
for men, $40 per month. with food and
lodging hut that the majority work for a
part Of the crop. 10 the fourth. "Arc the
colorcd people disposed 10 buy lands1''
the answer Ia, by lb5, 'ycs," 10 say
mo-" IN. "dcsirc 10 buy town LOTS"
-, "somc do" ~, mot much, - aud .,
"ioo poor" "Not icw." Dr. lIaygool
states, care discouraged because, having
bought on the insiallmcnt plan, they have
failed 10 complete their purchases" oh.
crs. In their comments, say that ncgroos
clock TO the towns because grcgarious."
others that they go TO towns 10 gui near
schools" and others siill that they go 10
towns that the women may find en-
| ploymenL" On the whole, tbs Is not
q discounging exhibit. Considering the
low rate Of wag,s NJ which they work and
the slender tenure Of crop results, il is a
very encouraging one. II Is very much
better, we arc persuaded, than the poor
whites can show, with all their advantages
Of caste. The fih anl sixth questions
deal with the moral status Of the negroes.
To the fifth, "Aro there fewer mulatiocs
children With one parent whllc) born nov
than twenty-five years aToS" los answered
"yos." 10 say mo" four. mot much
difference" !. Gin cities there arc
fewer" . "iewer IN the country, not In
citios," and 20 don't know" Tho ma
joriiy Of white men say the women arc
better, a planter near selma, Ala, assert.
inc that he hal worked 100 Of them since
1874, and "only one white mans child had
= been born among them" A colord
! bishop, who travels over tho whole south
. Ia the performance Of his duties says With
: emphasis that unchasiity makes a socin
0 difference among the oolorcd people such
=. rs was formerly unknown. This crriainl,
= speaks well for iho women Who are or aD
y 10 be the mothers OF the race. II proves
1 iha, they are rising superior TO unlowarJ
4 conditions and hereditary tendcuric, ant
}. ARE gaining strength. aud with Il the tcli
y respect that IL the surut guarantee Of thu
=. future and the wrll.bclng Oi ncc
{ IT, the sixth question. "po m,
3 considerable Auabcr VI colorcd voice. ~